Event Details

SwedCham Hong Kong is co-hosting this webinar together with FinnCham HK. We welcome you to join our Online Panel Discussion "What is inclusive workplace and how to build it?" on Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 5pm HK time.


Our panel discussion features four amazing diversity professionals from different industries and backgrounds. Read more about them below.


The event is free of charge!

Speakers

  • Priyanka Banerjee (CEO and Co-founder and Diversity & Inclusion Coach of BusinessWiz Oy)

    Priyanka Banerjee

    CEO and Co-founder and Diversity & Inclusion Coach of BusinessWiz Oy

    Ms. Banerjee is a Diversity & Inclusion coach and the co-founder of BusinessWiz Oy. Originally from India, she has an engineering background and worked as an IT consultant with clients across the world including Finland. Inspired by her experiences of working with diverse individuals in tech, and a vision to create inclusive workplaces she started BusinessWiz Oy, to help businesses on their journey to inclusion. She works with organizations to help them understand their existing company culture, provide them with tools to use diversity and inclusion as a competitive advantage and help them create a future-proof company culture.

    She is actively working towards women empowerment and inclusive technology through her work and together with different organizations. She is on the board of International Working Women of Finland Ry and European Digital Society (in Geneva), she is also a governing council member for the WICCI (Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry) India-Finland bilateral council.

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  • Benita Chick (Founder and CEO of Encompass HK)

    Benita Chick

    Founder and CEO of Encompass HK

    Ms. Chick has been working for a wide range of education, NGO and think-tank institutions, Benita has abundant experience in working with people of diverse background and culture and has a wealth of expertise in community outreach and social innovation. Previously she has served in Youth Arch Foundation, Earthwatch Institute and MWYO. In 2018, she founded Encompass HK, a social enterprise to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on SDG 3 Wellness, SDG 5 Gender Equality and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption. Benita is regularly interviewed by local and international media on SDG issues, and impactfully uses these channels to advance and promote the causes. She recently spoke at a TEDx event on her experience as a scuba diving instructor as well as on diversity and inclusion. Her other community commitments include serving as a Board Member of AIDS Concern Hong Kong, Education Director of Pink Alliance, Mentor for RESOLVE Foundation and Admission Interviewer for UWCLPC.

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  • Brian Henderson (Founder of Whole Business Wellness Limited.)

    Brian Henderson

    Founder of Whole Business Wellness Limited.

    Mr. Henderson founded Whole Business Wellness in 2020 to provide multi-disciplinary wellness
    services to organisations using AI, yoga, mindfulness, design thinking and 30 years of business leadership
    experience to build wellness management capabilities at individual, team and organizational level. Brian
    is a governor of The Women’s Foundation, an NGO promoting gender equality in Hong Kong. He was co-
    founding Chair of the Male Allies initiative and was recognised for this as the 2017 American Chamber of
    Commerce Champion for the Advancement of Women. Previously, Brian was Chief Operating Officer for
    leading law firm, Baker McKenzie for 8 years and before that spent 13 years at Linklaters in a variety of
    global leadership roles.
    In addition to Whole Business Wellness, Brian is developing a portfolio career including coaching /
    mentoring and consulting to law firms, additional NGO board roles and NED roles.
    Brian was born in Belfast and has previously lived and worked in London and Paris. He is a qualified
    lawyer, has an MBA from Cranfield University and is an accredited MBTI practitioner. Brian and Mary
    have two adult children living and working in the UK, and a West Highland terrier living with them in
    Hong Kong. When not walking the dog, Brian enjoys watersports, including sailing, outrigger canoeing
    and open water swimming.

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  • Mari Jokiranta (Future-orientated company psychologist at Vincit & LaaS.)

    Mari Jokiranta

    Future-orientated company psychologist at Vincit & LaaS.

    Ms. Jokiranta is a business psychologist who is working in a Finnish digital development company called Vincit. Vincit is an award -winning workplace that is known for its Leadership as a Service-ideology and company culture that nurtures individuality and uniqueness. Mari is passionate about developing diversity and inclusion in the tech-industry and one of the founding members of #ITclusive network.

    The moderator will be our chamber’s Chairperson, Mr. Iñaki Amate, Partner and Head of Digital for Greater China and Head of Design for Asia-Pacific at EY.

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